蘄

See also: 蕲

蘄 U+8604, 蘄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8604 ← 蘃 [U+8603] CJK Unified Ideographs 蘅 → [U+8605]

Translingual

Han character

蘄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿口十中 (TRJL), four-corner 4452₁, composition ⿱艹𰕣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1067, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32418
• Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3326, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8604

Chinese

trad.		蘄
simp.		蕲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蘄	*ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈	*ɡɯl
頎	*ɡɯl
旂	*ɡɯl
圻	*ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚	*ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓	*ɡɯl
玂	*ɡɯl
沂	*ŋɡɯl
掀	*qʰan
釿	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽	*ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤	*kɯn, *kɯns
菦	*kɯnʔ
靳	*kɯns
劤	*kɯns
勁	*kɯns, *keŋs
赾	*kʰɯnʔ
芹	*ɡɯn
近	*ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦	*ŋɡɯn
欣	*qʰɯn
忻	*qʰɯn
昕	*qʰɯn
訢	*qʰɯn
炘	*qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤	*qʰɯn
庍	*qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮	*qʰɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 𰕣 ().

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gi

Rime
Character	蘄
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠之切
Baxter	gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɢ]ər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蘄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[ɢ]ər/
English	banner; flag
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘄
Reading #	1/3
No.	6633
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	其
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/

Definitions

蘄

1. ^† a kind of herb
2. ^† bit (metal in horse's mouth)
3. ^† Alternative form of 祈 (qí, “to pray for”)
4. ^† Alternative form of 圻 (qí, “boundary; border”)
5. (～州) (historical) Qi (a prefecture located in modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China)
6. a surname

Compounds

• 蘄向／蕲向
• 蘄州鬼／蕲州鬼
• 蘄年宮／蕲年宫
• 蘄春／蕲春 (Qíchūn)
• 蘄水／蕲水
• 蘄求／蕲求 (qíqiú)
• 蘄王／蕲王
• 蘄竹／蕲竹
• 蘄笛／蕲笛
• 蘄簟／蕲簟
• 蘄艾／蕲艾
• 蘄茝／蕲茝
• 蘄蛇／蕲蛇

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kj+j

Rime
Character	蘄
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居依切
Baxter	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘄
Reading #	2/3
No.	6634
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	機
Old Chinese	/*kɯl/

Definitions

蘄

1. (～縣) (historical) Ji (a county located in modern-day Anhui, China)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qín (qin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²
    • Yale: chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
    • Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gj+n

Rime
Character	蘄
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨斤切
Baxter	gj+n
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨn/
Li Rong	/ɡiən/
Wang Li	/ɡĭən/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘄
Reading #	3/3
No.	6658
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	勤
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯn/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

蘄

1. Only used in 山蘄／山蕲.

Japanese

Kanji

蘄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki); ぎ (gi); け (ke); きん (kin); ごん (gon)

Korean

Hanja

蘄 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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